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CCTV.com reports (Xinwen Lianbo): Russia Says It Shot Down More Than a Thousand Drones; Ukraine Says Substations Were Attacked Russia's Defense Ministry said Russian forces struck Ukrainian logistics centers and other targets today, October 18. In addition, from the evening of October 17 to this morning, Russian air defense forces shot down more than a thousand Ukrainian drones over Belgorod Oblast, Leningrad Oblast, the Moscow area, and other locations. Ukraine said today that substations in multiple parts of th